Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Equality

Baroness Merron: To ask His Majesty's Government whether the white paper on health disparitieswill be published before the end of the year.

Lord Markham: ‘Our plan for patients’, published in an online only format on 22 September, sets out the immediate priorities to support individuals to live healthier lives, including improving access to health and care services. In addition, the Department continues to review how health disparities can be addressed and further information will be available in due course.

Health: Equality

The Lord Bishop of London: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they still intend to publish a white paper on health disparities; and if so, when.

Lord Markham: ‘Our plan for patients’, published in an online only format on 22 September, sets out the immediate priorities to support individuals to live healthier lives, including improving access to health and care services. In addition, the Department continues to review how health disparities can be addressed and further information will be available in due course.

Coronavirus: Medical Treatments

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely impact on NHS services of the removal, on 30 September, from the General Medical Council’s Register of retired doctors who were granted temporary emergency registration to assist with the COVID-19 response.

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff: To ask Her Majesty's Government to how many retired doctors the General Medical Council granted temporary emergency registration under section 18a of the Medical Act 1983; and how many of these retired doctors have applied for reinstatement to the Register of the General Medical Council to enable them to continue to practice after 30 September.

Lord Markham: The General Medical Council (GMC) is the independent regulator of all medical doctors practising in the United Kingdom which sets and enforces the standards all doctors must adhere to. In order to practise medicine in the UK, doctors are required to hold registration with a licence to practise. The Department does not hold the information requested as this is collected independently by the GMC.